14Ye are the light of the world: a city situated on the top of a mountain cannot be hid.


In Context

11 Blessed are ye when they may reproach and persecute you, and say every wicked thing against you, lying, for my sake.

12 Rejoice and exult, for your reward is great in the heavens; for thus have they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

13 Ye are the salt of the earth; but if the salt have become insipid, wherewith shall it be salted? It is no longer fit for anything but to be cast out and to be trodden under foot by men.

14 Ye are the light of the world: a city situated on the top of a mountain cannot be hid.

15 Nor do men light a lamp and put it under the bushel, but upon the lamp-stand, and it shines for all who are in the house.

16 Let your light thus shine before men, so that they may see your upright works, and glorify your Father who is in the heavens.

Matthew 5:14 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:14Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:14"You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:14You are the light of the world. A city seated on a mountain cannot be hid.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:14Ye are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:14Ye are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:14Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:14You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can't be hidden.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:14'Ye are the light of the world, a city set upon a mount is not able to be hid;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:14You are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.